SmartCompany Editor

Eloise Keating is the news editor of SmartCompany and Inc Australia. Prior to joining SmartCompany, Eloise was news editor at Books+Publishing, the trade press for the Australian book industry. Eloise has degrees in media and communications, marketing and business management, and political science. You can follow her on Twitter at @ellykeating.

Cochlear

Cochlear to return $23 million in JobKeeper payments

Hearing-implant maker Cochlear is the latest large company to commit to paying back JobKeeper wage subsidies.

Poshmark founders

US reselling marketplace Poshmark launches in Australia

Fast-growing secondhand marketplace Poshmark has launched in Australia, one month after listing on the NASDAQ.

Mark Zuckerberg Facebook meta threads

Small businesses caught in the crossfire as Facebook shows its true colours

Facebook's decision to block content from SMEs as part of its news ban has shown how little it cares about the small business community.

Facebook hack

Facebook blocks all Australian news in response to proposed media bargaining law

Small businesses are caught up in Facebook’s ban on Australian news content, as even non-news organisations are blocked from sharing content.

Banking Royal Commission

Federal Court finds CBA overcharged $2.2 million in interest on business accounts

CBA is facing penalties after the Federal Court found it charged business customers interest at more than double the rate they were advised.

motel room

Government grant program to offer small hotels $25,000 to reduce energy costs

The Hotel Energy Uplift Program will give small hotels and motels grants of between $10,000 and $25,000 to spend on “energy-saving projects”.

Adairs

Adairs to repay $6.1 million in JobKeeper payments after profits jump 233%

Adairs will return $6.1 million in JobKeeper payments to the federal government after recording an increase in profits for the first half of the 2021 financial year.

Jeremy Hirschhorn ato

IPA backs ATO decision not to claw back $50 million in JobKeeper payments made in error

A leading accounting group has backed the ATO’s decision not to pursue $50 million in JobKeeper payments from SMEs that made genuine errors.

ransomware-advice

Competition watchdog raises concerns about MYOB plan to acquire GreatSoft

The ACCC has raised concerns about MYOB's proposed acquisition of fellow accounting software provider GreatSoft.

Jaala Pulford

Victorian government provides funding for industry associations to hire mental health specialists

Mental health specialists will be employed to work with industry associations under a Victorian government program designed to offer support directly to small businesses.

public holiday

Retailer Nick Scali will repay $3.6 million in JobKeeper payments

Furniture retailer Nick Scali will give back $3.6 million in JobKeeper wage subsidies it received in the current financial year.

Limepay

Limepay adds seven new senior hires as gears up for IPO

Buy-now-pay-later fintech Limepay has added a series of high-profile hires to its team as it continues to work towards listing on the ASX.

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